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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace.
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It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
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I'm a good woman for a bad man.
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